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Describe The Conditions Faced By the British Troops on The Western Front.
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Describe The Conditions Faced By the British Troops on The Western Front When the Allied forces declared war on Germany on the 4th of August 1914, the aim was to quickly defeat Germany and swiftly end the war so it would be "all over by Christmas". Instead it became a war of attrition with troops going "over the top" into no man's land. After the failure of Plan 17 and the Schleiffen Plan, the war stagnated and this led to trench warfare. However the Germans had already taken a large amount of land and were happy to consolidate what they had won. This meant that the Germans held the higher land and could build trenches; made of concrete, in the ground, whereas the British wanted to regain the land the Germans had won. The Allies wanted to move forward quickly and the officers therefore decided to use this as an...
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